Red-faced spider monkey

Red-faced spider monkey
Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent
Red-faced spider monkey in São Paulo Zoo, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
Species:
A. paniscus
Binomial name
Ateles paniscus
Red-faced spider monkey range
Synonyms

Simia paniscus Linnaeus, 1758

The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America.

The species faces issues with hunting and habitat loss, so is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist.

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